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ETF Stat February 2012 --Borsa Italiana
March 15, 2012--The ETF Statistics of the ETF Plus Market for the month of February 2012 are now available.
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Source: Borsa Italiana
NYSE Euronext Monthly ETF Activity Report --February 2012
March 14, 2012--Listings
In February, NYSE Euronext welcomed 9 new ETF listings from Lyxor to the Paris market.
| February ETF Listings | |||
| ETF Symbol | Listing date | ETF Trading name | Underlying index |
| FINU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Financials | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Financials |
| INDS | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Industrials | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Industrials |
| MATU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Materials | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Materials |
| CODU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Consumer Discretionary | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Consumer Discretionary |
| COSU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Consumer Staples | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Consumer Staples |
| NRGU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Energy | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Energy |
| HLTU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Health Care | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Health Care |
| TNOU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Technology | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Technology |
| UTLU | 16/02/2012 | Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Utilities | S&P Select Sector Capped 20% Utilities |
Trading activity
The slow start to the year witnessed in January was again quite noticeable in February. Overall ETF trading activity on NYSE Euronext remained remarkably low:
The average daily value traded on-book last month was €237.3 million, down 44.9% vs. February 2011. The total value traded on-book amounted to €5.0 billion, down 14.7% month-on-month;
An average of 6,736 on-book trades (single-counted) was executed daily last month, a decrease of 27.5% vs February 2011;
A total of €992.6 million was exchanged in block trades in February, down 12.5% from the €1.1 billion in the previous month. Overall, block trade volume represented 16.6% of total regulated market ETF trading activity on NYSE Euronext.
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Source: NYSE Euronext
DB - Equity Research-ETF Research : Weekly European ETF Market Monitor
March 14, 2012--The most recent issue ofthe Weekly European ETF Market Monitor is now available. The report includes key statistics on the European ETF market as well as global ETF market highlights.
For more detailed coverage please refer to our monthly report, issued in the first week following the end of each month.
To request a copy of the report
Source: Christos Costandinides, European Head of ETF Research & Strategy, Deutsche Bank
IMF Working paper-Strengthening Russia's Fiscal Framework
March 14, 2012--Summary: Though many aspects of Russia's fiscal policy framework are close to best practice on paper, actual practice in recent years has been moving away from best practice.
In particular, the continued focus on the overall rather than the nonoil balance, and the regular use of supplemental budgets to spend windfall oil revenues contribute to procylicality of fiscal policy, risking costly boom-bust cycles. Against this background, this paper suggests several improvements to the framework for fiscal policy.
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Source: IMF
Regulators starting to tighten leash on ETFs
March 14, 2012--Exchange traded funds are all the rage these days, and regulators have quickly realized that oversight hasn't kept up with the explosion.
Not only do regulators want to ensure that investors aren’t getting screwed, they’re also worried about the effects ETFs have on marketplace stability. The Bank of England recently pointed out that the complexity, opacity and interconnectedness of ETFs can “amplify propagate stress across markets.” In layman’s terms: they can really mess things up.
For that reason, the Financial Stability Board has already made some comments on the future of ETFs, and the International Organization of Securities Commissions -- the big global regulatory body -- has just put out a proposal for regulation of ETFs in hope of getting feedback.
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Source: The Globe and Mail
Financial transaction tax: first technical reading completed
March 14, 2012--On 13 March 2012 the Economic and Financial Affairs Council took stock of the work done on the proposal for a directive on the EU-wide financial transaction tax. The ministers identified the outstanding issues and discussed the next steps.
The Danish Presidency concluded that the first technical reading of the proposal had been completed.
In its report to the ministers the Presidency noted that a whole range of sensitive issues remains to be addressed. Among those issues are specific questions regarding:
the tax base (coverage of currency derivatives and government bonds and its impact on the costs of hedging and government borrowing; coverage of pension schemes and its impact on business models used in various member states, etc.);
structure of the rates and persons liable to tax;
more general questions regarding the impact on the economy, the risks of relocation outside of the EU, enforcement of the directive vis-à-vis non-EU financial institutions and delegated acts.
"It was a very fruitful and very constructive discussion. I guess that the different views on the proposal itself are well known, but there was an atmosphere of compromise and trying to find ways," said Danish Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior Margrethe Vestager, who chaired the meeting.
The Council will continue its technical analysis in order to look at all the aspects of the proposal and their implications in practice.
view report-Presidency Note Reflecting The State of Play As Regards The Commission Proposal For A Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)
Source: Council of the European Union
Budget 2012: will 100-year bonds work?
March 14, 2012--The chancellor is considering issue long-term government bonds-packages of government debt-that may never have to be paid off in what his aides have described as a move to cash in on the current historically low interest rates on British government debt.
This is from the top of my colleague Nick Watt's story about the announcement:
George Osborne is to exploit Britain's historically low borrowing rates by making plans to issue "perpetual" government bonds which will never have to be repaid. In an unprecedented move in the modern era, the chancellor will unveil plans in the budget to relieve the debt burden on future generations by extending the length of bonds to 100 years or into perpetuity.
Lengthening the period of bonds will make it cheaper to pay down debt in the long term because the government would lock in today's low borrowing rates. Average 10-year gilt yields stand at 2%, the lowest borrowing level since the 19th century.
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Source: The Guardian
Eurozone official inflation at 2.7% in February
March 14, 2012--Euro area1 annual inflation was 2.7% in February 20122, unchanged compared with January3. A year earlier the rate was 2.4%. Monthly inflation was 0.5% in February 2012.
EU4 annual inflation was 3.0% in February 2012, up from 2.9% in January. A year earlier the rate was 2.9%. Monthly inflation was 0.5% in February 2012.
These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Inflation in the EU Member States
In February 2012, the lowest annual rates were observed in Sweden (1.0%), Greece (1.7%) and Spain (1.9%), and the highest in Hungary (5.8%), Estonia and Poland (both 4.4%). Compared with January 2012, annual inflation fell in nine Member States, remained stable in five and rose in eleven.
The lowest 12 month averages5 up to February 2012 were registered in Sweden (1.3%), Slovenia (2.1%) and Malta (2.3%), and the highest in Romania (5.1%) and Estonia (5.0%).
Euro area
The main components with the highest annual rates in February 2012 were transport (4.6%), housing (4.4%) and alcohol & tobacco (4.1%), while the lowest annual rates were observed for communications (-3.0%), recreation & culture (0.9%) and education (1.0%). Concerning the detailed sub-indices, fuels for transport (+0.38 percentage points), gas and heating oil (+0.14 each) had the largest upward impacts on the headline rate, while telecommunications (-0.19), cars (-0.09) and rents (-0.08) had the biggest downward impacts.
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Source: Eurostat
Russian Federation: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
March 13, 2012--I. SUMMARY, KEY FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1. This assessment reviews the regulatory framework in place for the oversight of
the capital markets of the Russian Federation as of June 2011. The assessment concludes that, since the previous assessment, the regulatory authority for the capital markets, which is the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM), has led the adoption of significant reforms in applicable legislation and undertaken ambitious normative (regulatory) initiatives directed to meeting the IOSCO benchmarks for which the process of implementation is ongoing.
The assessment also finds that FSFM’s ability to come into full compliance would be materially advanced by the adoption of pending legislation related to exchanges, prudential supervision, bank secrecy, and consolidated supervision. The FSFM absorbed the
Federal Service on Insurance Supervision (FSIS) as of March 4, 2011. Subsequent changes added certain other non-banking financial institutions to FSFM’s remit and will transfer
certain of its normative powers with respect to capital requirements for market professionals
and the diversification of mutual fund assets to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Navesis-ETF platform moves into Emerging Markets
After successful launch, Navesis-ETF, the ETF trading platform by Tradition and Nomura, expands into Emerging Markets Products
March 13, 2012- Following the successful launch of Navesis-ETF, the MTF for trading ETFs referencing NAV, Tradition and Nomura today announced the listing of 35 new Emerging Markets ETFs on to the platform.
These additions significantly enhance the depth and range of markets that can be accessed through the platform. The additions address requests received from the Navesis customer base, epitomising the continued philosophy of a platform developed to fulfil the desires of market participants. Further product and issuer additions are planned.
Since Navesis-ETF's successful launch in February this year, the platform now lists almost 200 ETFs, covering Equities, Commodities, Fixed Income and Emerging Markets. Most of the core customer base have signed up and work is in progress to add several more market makers to the platform. New functionality enhancements are constantly being made, incorporating client feedback.
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Source: Navese
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